Sri Lanka Police Information

Sri Lanka Police Service (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පොලීසිය Shrī Lanka Polīsiya; Tamil: இலங்கை காவல் Ilaṅkai Kāval) is normally referred as Sri Lanka Police, an exquisite national police force of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka Police force has total of manpower of more than about 85,000, all working for maintaining and enforcing law & order in the town, enhancing public safety and maintaining peace throughout the Sri Lanka. The highest rank of Sri Lanka police is IGP, The professional head of the police is the Inspector General of Police who reports to the Minister of the defence as well as the National Police Commission. During the Sri Lankan civil war, the police service became an integral part of maintaining of the nation's security, primarily focusing on internal security. Many police officers have been killed in the line of duty mainly due to terrorist attacks. Specially trained Police commando/counter-terrorist units named Special Task Force (STF) are regularly deployed in joint operations with the armed forces for counter-terrorism operations and VVIP protection. The police command structure in Northern and Eastern provinces is closely integrated with the other security organisations under the authority of the Joint Operations Command. The Police service is reached island wide on the 119 emergency number.